Issues : Errors in FE

b. 254

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In all editions, this bar opens a new line, and there is a slur reaching the first L.H. note (B), which seems to be a continuation of the slur from the preceding bar. However, there is no L.H. part slur in the previous bar, which points to a mistake, most probably when prolonging the R.H. slur. Considering the division of the text into lines we adopted in our transcriptions, a reasonable reproduction of this notation is impossible.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 259

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Broken octaves in A

Regular octaves in FE (→GE,EE)

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In the main text we reproduce the notation of A, in which a diagonally crossed octave means a very fast arpeggio (faster than the one written down with the use of a grace note). The direction in which an octave should be broken results from the notation of the preceding octaves; moreover, it is indicated by the direction of the diagonal line crossing the stem of an octave. The absence of respective lines in the editions probably resulted from the engraver of FE not having understood this notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE